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Naomi Kawase 5731h
Popularity:0.8728 1g5z28
Known For:Directing
Birthday:1969-05-30
Place of Birth:Nara, Japan
Homepage:http://www.kawasenaomi.com
Also Known As:河瀨直美, 仙頭直美, Sentō Naomi, 가와세 나오미, 센토 나오미, Наоми Кавасэ, 河瀬直美, かわせなおみ

Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates....

Shara (2003) r2v
The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun,...

Shining Besides Funny Moon (2013) b3d6i
A sexy mystery movie where a dominatrix and a detective get to the bottom of a string of suicides.

Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth (2001) 1t5e64
Kawase tries to come to with her late father, whom she never knew when growing up, and contemplates getting a tattoo like his.

Embracing (1992) 5u6m58
A diary film about Kawase's relationship with her grandma and her search for her father, whom she has not seen since her parents divorced during her...

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom (2002) 711j2c
Naomi Kawase's documentary about Nishii Kazuo, a photo critic. He is the last chief editor for the Camera Mainichi magazine, rushing through his time...
Trace (2012) 61215c
Kawase pays tribute to the grandmother that raised her after being separated from her parents as a child. The film teems with memories, but it is the...

See Heaven (1995) 434p2a
The sequel to Naomi Kawase's Katasumori. The film revisits Kawase’s relationship with her "grandma", capturing their love and attachment...

The Tale of Iya (2013) 12f5e
As a tunnel construction project threatens the natural order of one of Japan's last untouched regions, an old man and his granddaughter Haruna's...

Missing Pictures (2021) 3k5c1l
For every film completed, dozens of potential films fall by the wayside and never make it onto the big screen. In the VR experience Missing Pictures,...
Birth/Mother (2006) 1t4g62
Tarachime is a documentary film which observes 'life' through childbirth. Kawase Naomi, a film director working under the theme of family, life and...
Memory of the Wind (1995) 5s2hh
Naomi Kawase observes people in the city of Shibuya with curiosity and openness, drawing parallels between life and filmmaking and discovering her...

It Stopped Raining (2020) 4i5957
A young bioarchaeologist Yukisuke is attracted to a girl Koyomi, who runs a small stand of taiyaki pastry that he often buys. Koyomi is hospitalized,...
Sun on the Horizon (1996) 101i46
The last piece of the trilogy, following 'Katatsumori' and 'See Heaven', filming her grandma and herself. Her gazes and insights are cast on the...

Katatsumori (1994) 67385n
Filmmaker Naomi Kawase captures the love, loss, and loneliness felt as she prepares to move out of her foster mother's home.

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014) 546v2b
Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind...

Amami (2016) 3t3f36
Naomi Kawase goes to the south of Japan in search of her family origins on Amami Island, with her four-year-old son Mitsuki. They meet parents, chat...
Emergency Exit (1970) 4u2ze
It tells how 14 characters travel in a mysterious vehicle that they cannot easily get out of. Along the way, they fabricate about their identity and...

The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard (2025) 1t4cw
The wolf, the fox & the leopard is a dystopian story about Isa who has been found living amongst the wolves. She is brought back to a medical centre...

Kaleidoscope (1999) 2v4w38
A photographer and a filmmaker challenge each other to shoot—one to photograph the other to film—two young actresses, one from Tokyo, the...

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom (2002) 711j2c

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B (2022) 34x4s
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase (2009) g4e1e
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase (2009) g4e1e
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase (2009) g4e1e

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A (2022) 1d2jk
This World (A Correspondence Between Naomi Kawase and Hirokazu Koreeda) (1996) 5v5432

The Concretization of These Things Flying Around Me (1988) 3l1v

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011) 2p381u

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom (2002) 711j2c

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom (2002) 711j2c

Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom (2002) 711j2c

What Kento Nakajima Wants to Know About Movies Now (2021) 413d3c
A "movie" that is a mirror of the times. At the forefront of the movie, there are "important things" to know now ... Kento Nakajima learns about such...

Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai (1998) 19y4q

Welcome Back For An Extracurricular Lesson, Sempai (1970) 1f6h41
Acclaimed filmmakers from around the world channel their creativity during COVID-19 isolation with this diverse, genre-spanning collection of short...